Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c10.17

c10.17

decomposed, it should be taken out and very slowly scrubbed with a whisk made of khas (*uśīra*) or hair or bamboo gradually and the internal and external parts (which have become visible), beginning with the skin, should be fully examined with the eye. One cannot see the soul with physical eyes, but with the eye of knowledge and penance. Since this procedure is recommended only to the surgeon, the anatomical knowledge thus received may not obviously be considered as necessary for the treatment of cases other than the surgical ones.